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From: mo@seismo.CSS.GOV (Mike O'Dell)
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Subject: Scientific plotting and statistics
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Date: Thu, 29-Aug-85 10:44:27 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 29 10:44:27 1985
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Have to give a plug for two BEAUTIFUL programs - this inspired by the
request for graphing programs.  Both programs were written by an acquaintance,
but I have seen them and they are REAL knockouts!

(1) STATWORKS -
	If you hack data analysis, this one is for you.  All kinds of
	statistical computations, both mundane and esoteric.  FANTASTIC
	3-d graphics.  Wonderful interface, etc.

(2) Cricket Graph
	Designed to read STATWORKS files, but you can get data in via other
	routes too.  Sort of MS-Chart for Scientific/Technical graphics.
	It will do bar and pie charts (in perspective!!!!!!), but its
	forte is the kind of stuff Calcomps and PLOT-10 software spend
	their lives doing.  You can lay multiple plots on a single set
	of axes, scale, log, reorient, annotate, and arrange multiple plots
	on a page.  Of course it works with Laserwrites as well as Imagewriters.
	This program is a masterpiece implementation of the Interface
	Guidelines, plus an incredible attention to detail and 
	what I call "user wonderfulness".

If you think I like these two programs, you are dead right.  With
a megaMac, I suspect the poor BMD-P users of the world could forget their
keypunching skills with STATWORKS; Cricket Graph may genuinely endanger
the employment of many slower Calcomp plotters, not to mention many
Fortran plotting libraries.

	-Mike O'Dell